I understand the whole "bring the whole card into your computer" and just import what you need into Premiere.

That works fine and all when I'm on a new project and the card is clean.

Today, for example, I had a quick shoot to get a few pick up scenes for a project, and was shooting on a card that already has media on it that I'm not ready to dump.

I can't just pick todays scenes off of the card, so I bring the whole card back into my current project. Now I have 30 minutes of media I don't want in this project and Its talking up more space on my hard drive.

How do I dump what I don't need from the folder I created today?

I put this up on Creative Cow, and only got replies that tell me to dump the whole card to your computer.

I have been messing with AVCHD since I bought a HMC150 8 or so years ago.

In short, yes, you can bring in only the handful of MTS files you need. You can even rename them before importing--as long as they are short files. I'll explain.

What I have found over the years and several different cameras is that if the file spans 2.05 GB (4.08 GB on some cameras) it needs metadata from the card to create a seamless clip when editing. If its not seamless, there is a 2 frame "adjustment" that looks like a recording error or blip.

With a 8 GB card yielding 45-48 minutes of video, that 2.05 GB is about a 12 minute file. If your files are under 12 minutes = no issue. 20 and 30 second files are cake. Bring in only the ones you need and edit away.

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Stephen, I used to be in an all PC shop and we shot on P2 and it all worked very well.

When I became an "impacted employee" I landed a job with our local university, and the department I'm in gave me the option to go PC or Mac. They all cut on Macs, so I thought I should play along with them to save myself headaches down the road.